2 Months...and a lot of Emotions...

Two months ago today we met Aaron, and tomorrow will mark two months since we legally adopted our wonderful son. What a wonderful two months it has been for our new family of four! Every day gets better and better! Aaron is adjusting so well to his new home, brother, routines, etc. His English is coming along so incredibly well. I'd say he understands over 90% of what is said, and most of the time he is able to communicate what he wants. We still have a tantrum or two each day, but much less than before. He's learning our expectations. Mealtimes have improved tremendously this week after a rough few days. We just feel so lucky to have both our sons...

I must admit, emotionally, it's been a tough week or so in our home. (Some of you, especially my online friends on RQ know the details of this. Thank you for your cyber hugs and support.) We've unfortunately been dealing with someone who truly does not understand the spirit of adoption and is choosing to have a difficult time accepting Aaron. (How anyone who has seen his photos or met this loving and enthuiastic boy could have trouble accepting him is impossible for me to understand!).

Adoption is truly a leap of faith - but so is becoming the parent of any child, biological or adopted. Rupert and I truly believe that every child is innocent and deserves a family to love them. Have we ever wondered what possible situation in Aaron's birth family led them to make the decision to abandon him (such as extreme poverty, death of one of the parents, or having a 2nd child in a country with a One Child Population Law)? Yes, but we will never ever know those details, and you know what, it doesn't really matter. We do feel so fortunate that Aaron's birthmother CHOSE LIFE for him - certainly she could have made a different choice, but she chose LIFE by abandoning him in a public place. Now, HE IS OUR SON, and WE LOVE HIM UNCONDITIONALLY, the same way we feel about Donovan.

What we do know is he was an orphan in China for three years. He was in a need of a family. One look at his gorgeous photo, and we just knew he was to be our son, and we WANTED to be his family. As the quote on my blog says, "Adopting a child won't save the world...but for that one child, the world will change." We chose to give Aaron a chance at the love of a family, access to an education and medical care, and a future absolutely beyond anything available to him in China as an orphan. We feel like we have done something so selfless in adopting one of China's orphans, and that by having Aaron as our son, we are so richly blessed.

We do want to thank everyone who has welcomed Aaron, and sent us such supportive emails, cards, phone messages, and gifts. Our new little boy has been showered with love by so many kind and wonderful friends. Thank you!